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Covid-19 Assessment Hub Opening, Aimed At Dublin's Marginalised Groups

Emma Tyrrell
Emma Tyrrell

08:48 8 May 2020


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Health Minister Simon Harris is opening a new Covid-19 assessment hub for vulnerable communities in Dublin today.

It will be based in the Mater Hospital and will be aimed at marginalised groups in the inner city.

The new hub will include a mobile unit to test and treat people, and deliver results in under an hour.

It comes amid a high number of cases among the Traveller and Roma communities, as well as among asylum-seekers.

58 per cent of Roma people who have been tested have had positive results for Covid-19, while 43 per cent of Travellers that were checked, had the virus.

Nationwide figures

Yesterday it was confirmed a further 29 people with Covid-19 had lost their lives.

The Department of Health says the death toll now stands at 1,403, while 137 new cases have been detected.

22,385 people are confirmed to have been infected by the virus in the Republic.

Yesterday's increase in cases is the lowest daily number since March.

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